Folding crib



.(No Model.)

J. S. MACKIE.

FOLDING CRIB.

Patented Sept. 18, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. MAOKIE, OF BARRE, VERMONT.

FOLDING CRIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,081, datedSeptember 18, 1894.

App filed November 1, 1893- Serial No. 489,732. (No model.)

useful Improvements in Folding Cribs; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infolding-cribs, and has for its object to provide simple and convenientmeans for arranging a crib in com-' pact form for the purpose of storageor transportation, including the mattress and the spring bed bottom. 7

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of the several parts which will be morefully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a persective view of the crib arranged inposition for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the crib shown in foldedposition. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line a:0c,Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the opposite siderails, and 2, the end rails of the bed frame for a crib which aresupplied with legs 8. To the said side and end rails are hinged the sideand end parts or frames 4 and 5 of the crib which may be of anypreferred form of construction and between the said side and end railsis mounted a mattress frame 6. The said mattress frame 6, is controlledas to its position by the movement of the side parts or frame 4 of thecrib and connected to the opposite end strips of the said side parts orframes by pivots are links 7 whose lower ends are movably attached tometallic elbows or brackets 8 attached to the under side of the mattressframe 6 and projecting outwardly from the latter. The said elbows orbrackets 8 are secured under the end portions of the said mattress frame6 and when the parts or frames 4 are let down, as shown in Fig. 2, theylower the said mattress frame 6, together with the mattress and springbed bottom which may be carried therewith. When the said side parts orframes 4 are raised, as shown in Fig. 1, they proportionately drawupwardly the said frame 6 and to sustain the elevation of the said frame6, bolts 9 carried at the opposite ends of' the top rails of the saidparts or frames 4 are caused to engage loops or keepers 10 on theadjacent portions of the end parts 5, to therebyolock the crib in properposition for use. In folding the parts of the crib, the side parts orframes 4 are first turned down and then the end parts 5 on top of thesaid side parts or frames, it being observed that the said side parts orframes are hinged at a slightly lower level than the said end parts 5 toaccommodate this form of folding, and also that all the parts are hingedto turn inwardly.

The construction and arrangement of the crib as thus set forth areexceptionally convenient and simple, and it will be understood that manyminor changes in the several parts might be made and substituted forthose shown and described without in the least departing from the natureor spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In afolding-crib, the combination of inwardly folding side and end parts orframes, a vertically movable mattress frame mounted between said parts,adapted to lower under the folding side and end parts and linksconnected to said side parts or frames and the opposite ends of saidmattress frame, substantially as described.

2. In a folding-crib, the combination of inwardly folding side and endparts or frames, a vertically movable mattress frame mounted betweensaid parts and having elbows or brackets attached to the under portionof opposite ends thereof, adapted to rise and fall in the bed frame andlinks connecting the said side parts or frames with the said elbows orbrackets, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES S. MAOKIE.

Witnesses:

B. W. BRALEY, F. N. BRALEY.

